Risk Management for Outdoor Programs
Training for Nagano adventure guides, December 6-7, 2023
Resources for Course Participants
Scroll down for course resources & information
Syllabus
Slide Presentations
Slide presentations from the course are available here.
(Slide content subject to change)
Systems Thinking
Case study: Mangatepopo Gorge incident (PDF)
Alternate format: Mangatepopo Gorge incident (blog format)
Worksheet: use paper form or online worksheet
Homework
1) Review your case study
Group A: Case Study 1: Africa Outdoor Education Centre Incident
Group B & D: Case Study 2: UK SUP Drowning Incident
Group C: Case Study 3: USA Zipline Incident
Group A
オオヌマカズヒコ Kazuhiko Onuma
タムラシゲキ Shigeki Tamura
オジマ スミエ Sumie Ojima
Group B
ミウラケン Ken Miura
ヨシダサトキ Satoki Yoshida
ナカエ アキコ Akiko Nakae
Group C
ナガシマ ミキ Miki Nagashima
ウエダ アヤコ Ayako Ueda
ナカムラ ユウキ Yuki Nakamura
Group D
マツクラミク Miku Matsukura
カンタケ ユウコ Yuko Kantake
スギモト タツロウ Tatsuro Sugimoto
Questions:
1) What happened?
2) What were causal factors? (What things led to the incident occurring?)
3) What should adventure guides in Japan do to help prevent a similar incident from occurring?
(In class, on day 2:
Group A (Africa) and Group B (SUP) will present to each other
Group C (Zipline) and Group D (SUP) will present to each other)
2) Complete self-assessments (documenting notes not necessary)
Self-assessment 1: Standards & Laws
Self-assessment 2: Risk Domains
Self-assessment 3: Risk Management Instruments
3) Prepare Risk Management Plan Table of Contents or outline (see examples below)
4) Review textbook (as time permits)
Sample Risk Management Plans
Experiential Education Program, Thailand
Adventure Tourism Program (kite surfing), Portugal
Safety Culture
Strategic Improvement Plan
Online Strategic Improvement Plan form here.
Incident for Incident Report Activity
Incident for Incident Report completion exercise:
use Incident Management case study (see homework, above), or use:
Other Resources That May Be of Interest
Viristar Risk Management risk management training
Article: Adventure Tourism & the Science of Risk Management
Information on psychological risk management
Information on outdoor safety and considerations of diversity, equity and inclusion
Viristar blog with additional resources for outdoor programs